Haslam, Senate spar over school vouchers bill

2:22 AM,
Mar. 21, 2013

Sen. Dolores Gresham

Written by

Chas Sisk
| The Tennessean

State Sen. Dolores Gresham set aside her proposal to offer school vouchers to middle-class families in Tennessee, but she delayed consideration of Gov. Bill Haslam's plan for vouchers as well.

Gresham took her voucher plan, Senate Bill 1358, off the calendar of the Senate Education Committee, which she chairs, and she pushed back discussion of Senate Bill 196 for at least one more week. The Somerville Republican told reporters afterward that she was not dropping her proposal altogether, and an ally said he might offer it as an amendment to Haslam's bill.